Baltic and Central European leaders promise to take in US units if Washington moves troops out of Germany, signalling readiness to boost regional defenses.<\/p>\n
Lithuania and Poland are speaking up as active voices among Eastern European NATO countries bordering Russia, in the context of discussing U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to withdraw five thousand American troops from Germany.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe security of Europe is indivisible. Therefore if these units are withdrawn from Germany, they must in some way remain in Europe. In which country exactly \u2013 that\u2019s a question we need to find an answer to. On my part, I declare that we are ready to receive them and we are expanding the infrastructure to be able to accommodate as many of these military units as possible\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Gitanas Naus\u0117da<\/p>\n
The head of Lithuania noted that by 2027 the country expects the arrival of a German brigade numbering five thousand soldiers. Currently, about a thousand American troops are stationed on Lithuanian territory.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope that in the future there will be more of them\u2026 We must do everything so that the United States of America does not turn away from Europe\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Gitanas Naus\u0117da<\/p>\n
The President of Poland Karol Navrotsky assured that his country is ready to welcome American soldiers and that the presence of as many troops as possible serves Poland\u2019s security interests and the security of Central and Eastern Europe more broadly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe in Poland are ready to welcome American soldiers. We have the appropriate infrastructure for this, and it is in the interests of Poland, Lithuania and the Baltic states that as many American troops as possible are stationed here\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Karol Navrotsky<\/p>\n
Navrotsky stressed that the eastern flank of NATO currently bears responsibility for the security of all Europe, so the region\u2019s countries must persuade the U.S. president to keep troops on the continent.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will encourage (Donald Trump) precisely for such decisions \u2013 to keep them in Europe\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Karol Navrotsky<\/p>\n
Trump on April 30 did not rule out the possibility of withdrawing American troops from Italy and Spain due to their governments\u2019 opposition to the war against Iran. The previous day, the American leader spoke about a similar reduction in troop numbers in Germany, noting that he would make a decision \u201cin the shortest possible time\u201d.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the U.S. president sharply criticized NATO partners, accusing them of insufficient willingness to support the American-Israeli operation against Iran and to ensure the unimpeded flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz. On April 1 he emphasized to Reuters that he is absolutely considering leaving NATO due to the alliance\u2019s lack of support for U.S. goals in Iran. In an interview with The Telegraph he called the military alliance a \u201cpaper tiger\u201d and said that exiting NATO \u201cis not subject to reconsideration\u201d.<\/p>\n
Regional outlook on security and the future placement of forces<\/p>\n
Partners from Lithuania and Poland emphasize the importance of preserving the United States\u2019 presence in Europe for the stability of the eastern flank. They underscore that the United States should maintain an active presence in the region, as this directly affects the security of the port countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the overall balance of power in Europe.<\/p>\n
Such positions highlight a shared aim to strengthen transatlantic cooperation and develop infrastructural capabilities for hosting international units. At the same time, the leaders remind of new challenges and the need for consolidated dialogue among allies to maintain stability on the continent. The Ukrainian reality keeps relevant questions of interstate cooperation and responsibility for the security of NATO\u2019s eastern border, requiring careful and thoughtful dialogue among alliance members.<\/p>\n
Soon it will become clear how events around military deployments and partners\u2019 responses to the U.S. request will unfold, but Lithuania and Poland remain open to cooperation to ensure regional stability and support the security of the European continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baltic and Central European leaders promise to take in US units if Washington moves troops out of Germany,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4385,4386,867,101,9,4387,4388,4384],"class_list":{"0":"post-5249","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-poland","8":"tag-germany-troop-withdrawal","9":"tag-lithuania-host-offer","10":"tag-nato-eastern-flank","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-poland","13":"tag-poland-security","14":"tag-us-troops-europe","15":"tag-us-troops-europe-lithuania-host-offer-poland-security-nato-eastern-flank-germany-troop-withdrawal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}